thousands of lebanese are expected to take to the streets of beirut later today to remember those who died in tuesday's explosion, and to protest against the government, who many blame for the disaster. at least 154 people have died and more than 60 are still missing. food supplies have been disrupted and several hospitals are out of action. the united nations is warning a humanitarian crisis is looming. from beirut, tom bateman reports. lebanon is a place where hope

is in short supply. a new day in the recovery effort at zone one, as they now call the trail of devastation left at the blast‘s epicentre. scores of people are still missing, caught in a shockwave powerful enough to pulverise buildings and overturn ships. more pictures have been emerging of the immediate aftermath. beirut is a city struggling to cope. like yusuf, who chokes back tears. he was blown across the room in the explosion. many share his despair, in a city whose new epidemic is homelessness. translation: i saw everything was destroyed, nothing was like it was. the curtains were destroyed, television on the floor, chairs destroyed, everything destroyed. but there is resilience.

people are clearing up for themselves, as trust in lebanon's leaders plumbs new depths. this is what you see over and over again, the brooms of beirut. people believe that if their government won't act, then they will. in streets wracked by ruin, a big anti—government demonstration is taking place this afternoon. people here say they are not angry, they are livid. tom bateman, bbc news, beirut. lina sinjab‘s in beirut for us now. lina, how big do you think this protest might be?. welcome already, this is a saturday, and it should also be a day off, but the city is crowded. lots of cars

driving in. the protesters are gathering themselves in different squares to start the protest in almost an hour's time, and not only them. actually, the army is being deployed to contain these protests in case things turn violent or ugly. we have seen lots of protesters marching to the electricity building, which is near the port, where the explosion took place, to start gathering and walk in memory of all the ones who are lost because of all the ones who are lost because of the explosion, but also in anger of the explosion, but also in anger of the explosion, but also in anger of the government, and they have held ropes in different parts of the city, and they say these are symbolic to hang the officials for failing to protect the country. the ministry of defence has been asked by the government to see what it can do to support the uk border force to intercept migrants crossing the english channel.

the government also wants the authorities in france to do more. france said today that ten times as many migrants were intercepted last month compared with july last year. the crossings have continued this morning, as gavin lee reports from calais. the beach at gravelines by day — a tourist hotspot half—an—hour‘s drive from calais. this was the scene at first light this morning. more than 20 migrants, with a rubber boat and motor which they carried from the dunes to the shore. children at the back, holding hands, before they set off. these men, who appear to be in charge of the crossing attempt, start to leave the beach. but the boat is in trouble already. overloaded, they come back, leaving behind a woman and her child. they try again, finally getting out to sea. we've been on this beach for almost an hour. we've watched the migrants struggling with the boats and finally getting out to sea,

and people heading back towards the dunes, possibly smugglers. and in this vast beach, one of the areas we're told that migrants set off from each day, there is no sign of surveillance. we called the police half an hour ago. still we've seen nothing. nearby, richard, a wild bird hunter shooting on the beach, witnessed the attempt. he says he's seen migrants three times this week. translation: they leave from this beach all the time, every day. and if not here, they leave from higher up the beach, orfrom dunkirk. it's unimaginable. on the other side of the channel, at least six migrant boats have been bought into dover by the uk border force already today. french authorities claim they're doing everything they can, regularly closing camps that pop up in calais, and they say they've intercepted ten times the number of boats at sea in the past month compared to the same period last year. but from the lack of surveillance we've witnessed on these shores today, there are questions about whether enough is being done to stop these dangerous

and now daily crossings. gavin lee, bbc news, gravelines, northern france. a spike of coronavirus cases in preston has led to tougher restrictions coming into force from midnight. friends and families are now banned from meeting in each other‘s homes or gardens, and from mixing in pubs and restaurants. an extension on rules about wearing facemasks also takes effect today — people in england and scotland will now have to wear them in museums and cinemas, as katy austin reports. the big screen is back. ten of cinema chain vue's 19 sites reopened yesterday, including this one in london's shepherd's bush after more than four months closed. so, are you a little bit excited? too excited to say a little bit. and what are you going to see? i'm going to see dream build. things are different, including one—way systems and enhanced cleaning. booking online and getting your ticket on a mobile

phone app are encouraged, and there is no pick‘n‘mix here. now in england and scotland cinemas, face coverings are mandatory, although vue says it won't police them, recognising some people have valid exemptions. you do need to wear a face covering around most parts of the cinema, but while you're eating or drinking, munching your popcorn as you watch the film, you don't need to be wearing it. and seating is allocated in a way that there is a safe distance between different household groups. that does limit how many people can be at a showing. we think approximately we will be running at around 50% capacity. it depends on the layout of the screen and of the cinema itself and the nature of the group sizes that come in. vue's phased restart reflects what's happening across the country. last weekend, 272 uk cinema sites were open, around a third of the total. it's thought lockdown cost the industry at least £500 million, and so far, box office takings have been low, both because of the lower

capacity and because blockbusters have been postponed. there were nine new releases this week compared to 17 in the same week last year. that might mean a bumper crop in 2021, but one expert says not all cinemas will survive until then. it's a catch—22 — reopen and play to limited occupancy levels, which could be as low as 20%, and limited film content coming through, especially in the uk, which is relying heavily on hollywood content as well as a mix of uk content, that's very difficult. or staying closed is equally challenging — no revenue, staff on furlough. the cinema industry is confident people want to return. the big questions are whether they will be keen to see the old favourites currently on offer, and, of course, how confident they are. katy austin, bbc news. medical regulators have recalled three quarters of a million

coronavirus testing kits used in care homes and provided by the health—care group randox. the government said last month that the tests should not be used because their swabs were not up to standard. the test results from the kits are not affected. with all the sport now, here's gavin ra mjaun at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. let's start at old trafford, and england have it all to do if they're to win the first test against pakistan. they've been set a difficult second innings target of 277 runs to win. joe lynskey has been watching the action so far. ina in a test match this absorbing, you can barely wait for play to start. england's des four task was to keep pakistan in reach, which meant quick wickets and keeping the score down. that's gone a long way. is the early noise came from the touristsdressing room, yasir shah clubbing 2i noise came from the touristsdressing room, yasir shah clubbing 21 from the first nine balls. everyone makes

england's target more distant. they got the two wickets needed inside half an hour, but pakistan's heave ho approach got their lead passed 270. only one test on this grant has seen 270. only one test on this grant has seen a 270. only one test on this grant has seen a team chase that and when, and the pakistan fast bowlers could be the pakistan fast bowlers could be the most exciting in the world. england had to try and score while working out a swinging castle. eventually, mohammed abbas took aim and deceived rory burns. with those celebrations, england's opener had a word when he left the field. this weekend, it reaches a climax with an added edge. and england are 55—1 at lunch. manchester city have a champions league quarter—final to look forward to after they beat real madrid in the last 16. city went through 4—2 on aggregate after winning the delayed second leg 2—1 at the etihad stadium, a game played 163 days after the first leg because of the coronavirus pandemic. the quarter—finals, semis and final

are all being played as a straight knockout tournament in lisbon, and it all starts next week. there are three fixtures in the scottish premiership today. with celtic and rangers both playing tomorrow, hibernian have the chance to take a very, very early lead at the top of the league. they're away at livingston. tommy fleetwood and justin rose are in the mix at the top of the leaderboard at the us pga championship. fleetwood was in particularly good form in san francisco, shooting the joint lowest score of round two. he's on six under par, alongsidejustin rose. the british pair are a couple of shots off the leader. remember, this is the first major championship to be held since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile, the grand final of the rose ladies series golf has been cancelled because of a fire near wentworth. the fire had spread from nearby chobham common, and got very close to the tenth tee. and there's live world championship snooker and formula one on the bbc sport website and app this afternoon. qualifying at the 70th anniversary

grand prix at silverstone starts at 2pm. that's it for now. the next news on bbc one is at 6:20pm this evening. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. our main story this hour and the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, with widespread medicine and food shortages, after this week's explosion in the capital, beirut. 154 people are now known to have died in the blast and thousands more were injured. more than 300,000 people have been made homeless. three—quarters of lebanese people needed aid even before tuesday's explosion. thousands of people are expected

to take to the streets in beirut to express anger about the devastating explosion. i've been speaking to pierre zalloua, who lives in beirut — and who for a time, thought he had lost his brother—in—law in the explosion. we struggled for about seven hours. so, we found him at about 1am on that day. it is hard for any of us to imagine what that must have been like as you searched, but can you talk us through what happened 7 well, it was traumatic. it was apocalyptic. there are no words to describe the horror that we actually felt. people talk about resilience and hope. i don't think we have any of this left. it was really painful. everywhere you looked was destruction, utter destruction. it was dark.

going from hospital to hospital, looking among the injured first is also, you know, it is bad. but also, when you finish looking through the injured, you have to look through the ones who didn't make it, and that is even more heart—wrenching, and i had to do this for about seven hours. until we found him. it was chaotic. it was mind—boggling, it was really unbelievable. unbelievable. and you did find your brother—in—law alive, thankfully. how was he and how is he now? well, he is fighting for his life and we are still waiting. we are waiting right now,

and it is difficult. that is all i can say. yes, we understand. and what are your hopes? i don't know if you have had any mental space or time to observe the wider situation, but you will be aware of protests taking place today. is that something you think is worthwhile? yes. well, i think what needs to be done isjustice has to be done. we need to find out whose negligence was it that actually led us to this? we have to find those people, hold them accountable. we are basically living like hostages here in lebanon. we have been living like hostages for the last seven years. you know, we need to breathe, we need to live, we need to experience what life

is all about. people say, "yes, you're on your own, you have to do it." but actually, we are not on our own. and that is what government officials outside of lebanon keep telling us — "you have to do it yourselves." well, we have been trying to do it ourselves and it is not working. somebody needs to know that something needs to be done. people cannot die like this. we have been massacred. we have been killed. you know, and this has been ongoing for years. so it is really pathetic, what's going on, and somebody needs to basically figure out how we can get out of this situation. it can't go on like this. we can't. we have tried. we've lost the best people we have. we are losing those young

people who love to live, who love life and who are capable. and we are losing them every single day. you know, either we are killing them or they are dying or they are leaving the country. it cannot carry on like this. if i can interrupt for a moment, there is an international donor conference led by france and the united nations tomorrow. is there something you want the international community to do to put pressure on your government? yes. everybody knows what the problem is. they cannotjust keep shoving it under the rug. we are not left alone. we need to be left alone. leave us alone. everybody, just leave us alone. we can manage, but what i mean by leave us alone, everybody needs to leave us alone.

everybody who is interfering in this country needs to get their hands off. then we can actually make it. but they cannot tell us right now, "you do it yourselves," when we have so many other countries and foreign governments actually forcing us to do things that we are not capable of carrying through. we cannot fight proxy wars for others. enough is enough. the international community is actually responsible and they know what is going on. we have been dying, literally. it is not figuratively. we are dying. they need to help, and they need to help with everything they can. we are losing our young generation. it is heart—wrenching. just, please, help us. we will have full coverage in the hours ahead of the protest that is

expected to get under way in the lebanese capital shortly. let's get more on the news that uk border force officers have intercepted more boats trying to cross the english channel. the government says france should do more to stop them leaving — and shut down the route completely. french police insist they're catching more people attempting to make the trip than ever before. jacqueline mckenzie is an immigration lawyerfrom mckenzie, beute and pope solicitors. i asked her whether the problem is french, or british. i think it's neither, really. well, of course, you know, both countries are experiencing a problem, but really and truly what we have got is a breakdown of the common european asylum system. we don't have a system whereby all the member states of europe are taking responsibility for people who are seeking refuge. some countries are having a disproportionate problem, and other countries are having none. and so, when the uk says these people should go back to france because france is a safe country and they never should have taken

to the english channel in the first place, is that a legitimate position that can be enforced legally? well, not necessarily. it might and it might not be. we just don't know enough. for instance, i mean, people are seeking refuge, aren't they? and they are coming from all over the world. we don't know how they got to france, so we can'tjust say it is france's problem. because what britain is relying on is something called the dublin convention. and that doesn't necessarily mean the country that people should go back to is france. they might have come through any number of countries to get to france. so that is the first thing. but what is really the problem here is that the uk and a number of other territories are not really providing people who are seeking refuge with safe set routes. so, for instance, at the head of your programme, you mentioned unaccompanied children. now, a number of those children are coming tojoin families, and it is notoriously difficult to find a safe

and legal way to do that, to have family reunion. i mean, that is what is at the heart of the problem here. it is not necessarily the numbers. and what we are seeing, our politicians playing to the gallery. a number of countries — we saw with lebanon, they have got over 1.5 million refugees from syria and iraq of a population of just under 7 million. similarly with bangladesh, almost 1 million refugees — from rohingya. it isn'tjust about numbers. it is about recognising that people are seeking refuge and the world, as the unhcr says, working together to find a solution to this. the black box and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from an indian passenger aircraft that crashed in kerala, killing more than 20 people, including both pilots. 200 people were on board when the plane skidded off the runway and broke in two. more than 120 people are in hospital. the boeing 737 passengerjet came from dubai and was repatriating passengers who'd been stranded overseas due to the

coronavirus pandemic. alanna petroff has the latest. the mangled plane, split in two, sits behind closed gates. authorities have sealed it off after a panicked rescue effort. last night in the rain, the plane skidded along the runway and crashed into the valley at the end, splitting apart. this airport is known as a difficult spot to land in rainy weather. it's not unusual for pilots to fail on their first approach and circle around to try again. the aviation minister says the pilot aborted his first attempt. translation: the weather conditions were unfavourable due to the monsoon. it seems the pilot tried to bring the flight to the end of the runway, but due to slippery conditions, this mishap took place. there is a drop of 35 feet where it fell. investigators will be poring over the wreckage to understand more. they will have a group that looks

at flight recorder data. they will have a group that examines the structure of the aircraft to see why some people lived and why some people died. they will have an operations group, which is an important group that will look into how the pilots were trained, how much rest did they get. immediately after the crash, locals rushed in to rescue survivors and take them to nearby hospitals. volunteers did what they could to help, but injuries were severe. some didn't make it. translation: i found a child under a box on the plane. as soon as i picked her up, her head had great injuries. a small child, about one and a half years old. i took the child in the car. if she was in an ambulance maybe she would have survived, but it was a bumpy ride and i was the only driver. i took the child to the hospital, but she died. the last major plane crash in india was back in 2010 in mangalore

and the story is similar. the air india flight also came from dubai, overshot the runway and crashed off a cliff. it burst into flames and most passengers were killed. this flight was bringing indians home after they were stranded abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now, after months of waiting, many families will be mourning their loved ones instead of rejoicing at their return. a man who was shot at his home in hampshire in south east england on wednesday afternoon has died in hospital. james nash — a children's author and local parish councillor — was a2. he suffered serious head injuries in the attack in the village of upper enham. the suspected attacker fled on a motorbike and was killed

in a crash three miles away. from smartphones to tablets, children are forever being told to spend less time on their screens. but what about parents? a new project encouraging adults to put down their devices and talk more to their children has been launched. our correspondent, hywel griffith, went to meet one family who are trying it out. all too easily, phones end up at the centre of family life. for kate and the kids in cardiff it has been a way of staying in touch with her partner stephen when he works away but it doesn't end there. if i cannot find my phone i am like, "where is my phone?" i am addicted, i check facebook straightaway in the morning, watching netflix at three in the morning feeding my son, i am on it all the time. wanting to change her ways, back in february kate agreed to take part in an experiment. receiving automated messages to her mobile written from a child's point of view reminding her to focus

on alexander and alfie. it is coming from my children, and family. the messages were developed by speech therapist michelle, the idea to get the family talking. when a message is in the words of the child from the child's point of view, they can put themselves in their shoes and could have an empathetic response so they can feel how it must feel for that child to be experiencing the use of the devices. a few days and several messages later, kate sees a difference. we have been doing a lot more homework and playing together but i am hoping by the end of this trial i will definitely have been using my phone a lot less. six months later, we came back to kate and the family,

and they have been through lockdown together and something of a transformation. stephen no longer works away and the mobile phone is nowhere to be seen. i think we have done really well, considering what is going on and the fact you are not allowed out. i have stuck to it. i might be on it ten minutes when i have a little break but the majority of the time you are running after the children, they are very active and want to do stuff all the time, drawing and playing in the back garden. how much do you think mummy is on the phone, more or less? less. i think we have all realised the benefits, we are talking, everyone else is normally staring at screens. but we work as a family now, it is good. for this family, that little nudge seems to have worked, taking a screen break has helped

bring them together. there s more help and advice for parents and guardians on the bbc s tiny happy people website at bbc. co. uk/tinyhappypeople. more than 60 homes have been evacuated as crews tackle a huge wildfire on chobham common in surrey, south of london. smoke could be seen for miles after the fire broke out yesterday lunchtime. some rail services were disrupted and a golf tournament at the nearby wentworth golf club had to be called off. firefighters remain at the scene. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it was uncomfortably hot yesterday for some people and overnight — extremely muggy and humid across the south—east. it is going to continue to be hot across the south of the country this weekend. in fact, many places will be dry

and settled thanks to high pressure. bit of cloud around close to the east coast through the afternoon. it could see one or two showers develop across north—west england and the north midlands, but most places dry and warm, hot again across parts of england and wales. temperatures 33 or 3a degrees across the south—east. overnight, it looks like we will start to see some cloud rolling in off the north sea on this north—easterly breeze. this will blanket in the warmth, so another warm and muggy night to come from much of england and wales. a little bit fresher for scotland and northern ireland. start off rather grey for sunday morning across some central and eastern areas. maybe a spot of drizzle. but as that cloud melts away, many places will see the sunshine into the afternoon. again, it is going to be another very warm day, especially in the south—east.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: more than 60 people are still missing following tuesday's explosion in beirut — as anti—government protests